pictures I took, but chose to remain anonymous since it was a GIRL quilt

and they didn't want their friends to think it was for them.

I did my own quilting on this, nothing fancy, just straight stitches.

One thing I love to use when I do those straight stitches is blue

painter's tape...it doesn't mess up the fabric and I can

stitch right along the edge for perfect lines.

I can lift and reuse it multiple times and in multiple directions.

We all remember that cute purse pattern from the UR Priceless blog hop

(weren't they all just the cutest things!) Well...I just made it a little bigger

(okay, a lot bigger) and created a sewing bag to be able to

grab-and-go whatever embroidery project I'm working on at the moment.

For this project, I embroidered Madame Samm's French lady and

used melted purple crayon to color in her beret, scarf, and shoes.

Mines not so perfect, but check out Quilt Whimsy's blog for more details.

It was fun melting those crayons!

There's one pocket in the front.

(The beige fabric looks stained, but it's not...it's the print on the fabric)

Two pockets on the back.

And one big pocket inside.

This was so much fun! I really want to try stitching

some of those other patterns because they are just amazing.

Now on to other important matters...

MY GIVEAWAY!

Five fat quarters of Audra's Iris Garden by Brannock & Patek

SILLY LITTLE RULES:

Leave a short and sweet comment. Don't know what to say? Just tell me what part of the world you're from.

This one is important! Make sure I can contact you if you're ano-reply blogger. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com.If I can't contact you, you can't win.

You don't have to be a follower to be entered in the giveaway, but if you do follow me around, leave a separate comment that says "I'm a follower" for another chance (plus, if you're a follower I'll throw a little something extra in the package if you win.)

I'll mail it anywhere.

Giveaway ends at 6 p.m. PST on March 29th. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on March 29thwill notbe included in the giveaway.

182 comments:

Love your quilt and purse but my absolute favorite thing of all is those Monkey boys standing backwards!! Just like 3 little boys not wanting anything to do with anything "girly". I'm so tickled at that picture. It made me smile so big!!BlessingsGmama Jane

I love you, you are such a riot,Always love coming here!! Putting Samm's beautiful French model on one of those snap purses and making it a sewing kit on top of that, Oo la la it is perfect and you take the cake Madam Carol!!!! And your other projects are Tres' magnafique'( or something like that trying to do a little of my country charm in !!)

Carol, How do you do it! Love the bib, the purse but especially the quilt and those darling boys, that picture just cracks me up. Once again you have shared your talent with us. You are amazing. I bet you do not even sleep!

Carol your projects are all wonderful. I am currently working on a large (about the same size as yours) coin purse too that I enlarged....in fact I have the same metal closure. Since that closure was much more squared at the top than the rounded coin purse, did you make any changes at the top to make it fit better?

As always I am in awe....awe that you would even think we are competing with each other lol....really Carol...

Now for your lovely projects....outstanding again....love those monkey boys....so tell us we won't tell which one claimed this quilt lol....love the girls bib....now this is something my girls would have loved when they were little...they were such girly girls....love all of your stitching...you are doing very well...maybe too well

LOL ! Your anonymous monkeys are adorable (but tell them some lady said they look tough, they'll like that much better I'm sure !)Your bib, and quilt are also adorable, but I'm totally in love with that sewing bag !

I am a follower. Your cute quilt reminded me of a quilt with embroidery that my mother made me. It had several embroidered blocks, and I remember enjoying looking at all those little blocks. Nancy: rangerer@sbcglobal.net

Your grandsons hiding their faces cracked me up! Your projects are all very nice! The bib-a-fore is such a cute idea. The little girl stitchery is a good match to the ME fabrics. And my favourite is the embroidery purse. I could use one of these for car trip projects. Of course it's purple!

Wow! I love all your creations and had to laugh at the boys-so typical. Thanks for the reminder about the painter's tape. Sometimes we need a "memory Jog." That little purse is precious. From California, thanks for sharing.

Hi Carol, Your projects are so neat! Thanks for showing them to all of us here in Oregon! You're little girl in the middle quilt is a masterpiece! I love the colors you chose. The purse is so clever with the added pockets! Thanks for sharing!

Hiya!!! I absolutely love the bib and quilt. I just bought a few Mary Engelbreit fabric scraps that I can't wait to use, just gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with them---decisions, decisions. Lol. You're work is wonderful. Thank you for having the giveaway---love the fq's. Blessed be, hugs!!!

I live in Iowa. I love all your projects. That bib is too cute - I mean, do you really want a little one spilling on it? Let's just hang it up in the kitchen and talk about it. :) Perfect little quilt - monkey boys did a great job of holding!!!

Carol...super cool projects...you never disappoint. The bib is darling as is the quilt with the Wee Tot. Yes, your boys are the cutest and too funny. They take after their Mom. Luv the sewing kit/purse. Thanks for the inspiration! I'm playing catch up on the blog commenting. Happy stitching, Pauline

Oh my goodness, Carol, your projects just blew me away! I'm a little tardy in reading blogs this week, but am I ever glad I dropped by! Love your quilt with the little tot in the centre. Your quilting is perfect, and the pic of the little monkey boys is so sweet! As for the little purse, it is too cute! Crayon melting sounds like fun and it seems to be another technique you have mastered. Thanks for sharing such wonderful projects, and congrats to the giveaway winner. Enjoy your Easter weekend!

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